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Max Payne 3 Delayed Again

Winter 2009. That was the original release date pinned on Rockstar Games' long-awaited bullet-time ballet, Max Payne 3. Finally, after multiple delays, it appeared the shooter would make its return in March. But you can cross that date off your calendar as well; Max Payne 3 has been bumped again.

Rockstar and parent company Take-Two Interactive made the announcement this morning via a press release: Max Payne 3 "is expected" to launch for PC on May 29 in North America (console versions ship on May 18).

As Gamasutra notes, the brief delay has a big impact on Take-Two. Because the release change will push Max Payne 3 out of the publisher's current fiscal year, Take-Two is now subtracting roughly $230 million from its forecasted revenue and projecting a net loss for the year. But even Chairman Strauss Zelnick admits that what's bad for Take-Two will be good for gamers.

"We do not take changes to our release schedule lightly, and this short delay will ensure that Max Payne 3 delivers the highest quality, groundbreaking entertainment experience that is expected from our company," Zelnick told Gamasutra. "We are confident that consumers will once again be amazed by Rockstar's ability to take interactive entertainment to another level."